Brassia maculata

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Brassia maculata']

Nederlands: Gevlekte spinorchidee

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Cymbidieae • Subtribus: Oncidiinae • Genus: Brassia • Species: Brassia maculata R.Br. (1813)

Synonyms
Homotypic synonyms Oncidium brassia Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 765 (1863) Heterotypic synonyms Brassia guttata Lindl. in G.Bentham, Pl. Hartw.: 94 (1842) Brassia wrayae Skinner ex Hook., Bot. Mag. 69: t. 4003 (1843) Brassia maculata var. guttata (Lindl.) Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 5: 1 (1854)

Type species

Flowers edit

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Botanical illustrations edit

Brassia maculata
plate 1691 in:
Curtis's Bot. Magazine
(Orchidaceae),
vol. 41,
(1815)
Brassia maculata
(as syn.
Brassia wrayae)
plate 4003 in:
Curtis's Bot. Magazine
(Orchidaceae),
vol. 69,
(1843)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest. Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Jamaica. Regional: Central America Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua.

Description of taxon

References edit

Brown, R. (1813) Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. London (2nd ed.) 5: 215.

Selected Bibliography

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2014) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 232 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198507130

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Brassia maculata.